System requirements

cuprated has the following hardware requirements.

Hardware requirementRecommendedMinimum
CPU8+ cores1 core
RAM8+ GB2 GB
Disk (space)500+ GB300 GB
Disk (speed)100+ MB/s writes~5 MB/s writes
Network (speed)30+ MB/s up/down~1 MB/s up/down
Network (bandwidth)1 TB+ per month~300 GB per month

Note that cuprated:

  • Benefits greatly from high-end hardware
  • Can run on weaker hardware (last tested on a Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB RAM) and Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB RAM))
  • Requires tweaking the config for your system, especially if you are at either extremes of the hardware scale